Optimal training sequences for joint timing synchronization and channel estimation in distributed communication networks

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3002-3015

  Nasir, Ali A ^a   Mehrpouyan, Hani ^b   Durrani, Salman ^a   Blostein, Steven D ^d   Kennedy, Rodney A ^a   Ottersten, Bjorn ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b California Sate University   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

And maximum a posteriori (MAP) estimation; Channel estimation; Distributed communication network; Hybrid Cramer Rao lower bound (HCRB); Multiple timing offsets (MTOs); Synchronization; Training sequence (TS)

Indexed keywords

CRAMER RAO LOWER BOUND; DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS; MAXIMUM A POSTERIORI; TIMING OFFSETS; TRAINING SEQUENCES;

CHANNEL ESTIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRAMER-RAO BOUNDS; DESIGN; ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 84881126311     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2013.053013.120541     Document Type: Article

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